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welcome to bbc news. thousands of people have had to be rescued in and around the us city of houston, as waters continue to rise in the wake of hurricane harvey. the area s expected to have received a year s rainfall within a week. helicopters have plucked victims from rooftops, as roads have been turned into rivers. and the flooding, already described as catastrophic in texas, is not only expected to get worse, it s also expected to spread with concerns now for neighbouring louisiana. let s crossed now to our correspondent, laura trevelyan, he was at the grange, in texas, in houston. welcome to la grange. this isa houston. welcome to la grange. this is a small tax on town of 500 people. many homes have been evacuated. there is extensive, catastrophic, devastating flooding. the colorado river, we can land, by the way, has broken its banks and is just about peaking at 55 feet. normally the river level is about eight feet. flooding level is 2a feet. more than double the nor
a day after north korea s latest missile launch provokes international condemnation, kim jong un says he wants to match the military power of the united states. and in half an hour here on bbc news, the travel show takes a trip down scotland s answer to route 66. good morning and welcome to bbc news. armed police and military personnel are being deployed at key locations across the uk following the raising of the terror threat level to critical the highest possible alert. it means that after yesterday s bombing of a crowded underground train the government believes a further attack may be imminent. police are chasing down suspects and they had hundreds of officers trawling through cctv following the district line attack in which 29 people were injured. 0ur correspondent, robert hall, is outside parsons green station. good morning. things are back to normal, trains running here again at parsons green. the train in which the device went off yesterday has been moved away
latest missile launch kim jong un says he wants to match the military power of the united states. good morning and welcome to bbc news. in the last half an hour, the police have arrested an 18 year old man at dover in connection with yesterday s bombing of a crowded underground train. dear rest is described as significant. armed police and military personnel are being deployed at key locations across the uk following the raising of the terror threat level to critical the highest possible alert. the government believes a further attack may be imminent. let s cross over to new scotland ya rd let s cross over to new scotland yard and corresponding payment, dan freedman. i have been given the statement confirming that there has been an arrest in the investigation into who ever put that explosive device at parsons green on the underground system yesterday. the statement reads as follows, direct detectives investigating the terrorist attack on parsons green on the 15th o
britain s glorious future outside the eu. a day after north korea s latest missile launch kim jong un says he wants to match the military power of the united states. in halfan in half an hour s time, how first responders are working with the gaming industry. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. police have arrested an 18 year old man at dover in connection with yesterday s bombing of a london underground train. the arrest is described as ‘significant‘. armed police and military personnel are being deployed at key locations across the uk, following the raising of the terror threat level to critical the highest possible alert. it means the government believes a further attack may be imminent. an emergency cobra meeting is being held this lunchtime. our correspondent robert hall is outside parsons green station. where the train was attract. the sean the news of that arrest broke a couple of hours ago. if it did anything it sure does the intensity and the spread